Ons Jabeur withdraws from the US Open because of a shoulder injury/in /by
Jabeur has struggled with injuries recently, pulling out of the hard-court tournament in Washington before losing to Naomi Osaka in her lone match in Montreal. She wrote in an Instagram post Thursday that her shoulder had not recovered in time to allow her to play at Flushing Meadows.
Egypt experiences a surge in the number of refugees fleeing conflict/in /by
Over 748,000 refugees and asylum-seekers are registered with UNHCR Egypt, a majority of whom are women and children who have recently arrived in Egypt fleeing the brutal conflict that started in Sudan in April 2023.
New wave of cholera in Sudan threatens hundreds of thousands of refugees/in /by
Sudan has been hit by a deadly cholera outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in recent weeks, health authorities said. As of the start of this week, nearly two dozen people had died from the disease.
Donald Trump, Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Albert Einstein draw tourists to Bulgarian village/in /by
Each summer for the past decade, artists have gathered in the sleepy village of Staro Zhelezare, to decorate walls and fences with graffiti with the faces of current and past world leaders from the political and cultural scene.
Senegal: Senegal Begins Review of Oil and Gas Contracts in Bid to Reclaim Resources/in /by
[RFI] Senegal has launched a major effort to reclaim control over its oil and gas resources, setting up a commission to review and renegotiate contracts with foreign companies that critics say have long favoured international interests over national ones.
Senegal: Health measures against mpox in place for Touba’s Magal pilgrimage/in /by
Given the recent increase in mpox cases in Africa, the focus is on rapid detection. Dr. Mamadou Dieng, the regional health director of Diourbel, outlined the measures in place, including the training of surveillance teams and the deployment of testing equipment at multiple sites.
Escalating crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo/in /by
Refugees like Arthur Masimango, who fled to Uganda after his father was killed by rebels, represent the human toll of this crisis.
Comoros is World Trade Organization’s 165th member/in /by
The agricultural sector remains the backbone of the economy, with subsistence farming accounting for the largest share.
Former Eritrean Minister Abrehe dies in prison after six years in detention/in /by
Abrehe was arrested on September 17, 2018, shortly after publishing a book critical of Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki titled "Hagerey Eritrea"
Biggest diamond in over century found in Botswana, a whopping 2,492 carats/in /by
The as-yet-unnamed diamond was presented to the world at the office of Botswana Masisi. It weighs approximately half a kilogram and Masisi was one of the first to hold it.